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Great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD Almighty, <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32.htm">New Living Translation</a> You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts, <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/32.htm">New King James Version</a> You show lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, the Mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> who shows mercy to thousands, but repays the wrongdoing of fathers into the laps of their children after them, great and mighty God. The LORD of armies is His name; <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name; <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> who showest lovingkindness to thousands, but repayest the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name; <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. Yahweh of hosts is His name, <a href="/amp/jeremiah/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You who show lovingkindness to thousands, but repay the wickedness (sin, guilt) of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], O great and mighty God; the LORD of hosts is His name; <a href="/csb/jeremiah/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers’ iniquity on their sons’ laps after them, great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Armies, <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers&#8217 sins on their sons&#8217 laps after them, great and mighty God whose name is Yahweh of Hosts, <a href="/asv/jeremiah/32.htm">American Standard Version</a> who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name; <a href="/cev/jeremiah/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You show kindness for a thousand generations, but you also punish people for the sins of their parents. You are the LORD All-Powerful. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Revised Version</a> which shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts is his name: <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You show mercy to thousands of generations. However, you punish children for the wickedness of their parents. You, God, are great and mighty. Your name is the LORD of Armies. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have shown constant love to thousands, but you also punish people for the sins of their parents. You are a great and powerful God; you are the LORD Almighty. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> You, the great God, the mighty one, show gracious love to thousands and repay the parents' iniquity to their children after them. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, <a href="/net/jeremiah/32.htm">NET Bible</a> You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God who is known as the LORD who rules over all. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts is his name; <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou showest loving-kindness to thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, JEHOVAH of hosts, is his name, <a href="/web/jeremiah/32.htm">World English Bible</a> You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is your name: <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> doing kindness to thousands, and repaying iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name; <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Doing kindness to thousands, and recompensing iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Doing kindness to thousands and requiting the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them: The Great, The Strong God, Jehovah of armies his name.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou shewest mercy unto thousands, and returnest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: O most mighty, great, and powerful, the Lord of hosts is thy name. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You act with mercy a thousand-fold, but you repay the iniquity of the fathers into the sinews of their sons after them. The Lord of hosts is your name: most strong, great, and powerful! <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Bible</a> You continue your kindness through a thousand generations; but you repay the ancestors’ guilt upon their children who follow them. Great and mighty God, whose name is LORD of hosts, <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation, but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of hosts,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thou showest lovingkindness to thousands of generations, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers to the bosom of their children after them; thou art the Great God, the Mighty and Revered, the LORD of hosts is his name, <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Practicing grace to thousands of generations; repaying the sins of fathers to the bosom of their sons after them. The great God and The Mighty and Awesome LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts is his name!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> who showest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts is His name; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God; <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9852" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Jeremiah's Prayer</a> …17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! 18<a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You show</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥe·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: la·’ă·lā·p̄îm (Prep-l:: Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">to thousands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: ū·mə·šal·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">but lay</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wōn (N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">the iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇō·wṯ (N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of the fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/2436.htm" title="2436: ḥêq (N-msc) -- Bosom. Or cheq; and chowq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom.">the laps</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of their children</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">O great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1368.htm" title="1368: hag·gib·bō·wr (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Strong, mighty. Or gibbor; intensive from the same as geber; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.">and mighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: hā·’êl (Art:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">whose name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">is the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> 19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5-6</a> You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, / but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Deuteronomy 5:9-10</a> You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, / but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. <a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a> ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9-10</a> Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. / But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him. <a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm">Nehemiah 1:5</a> Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, <a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Daniel 9:4</a> And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, <a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17-18</a> But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— / to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. <a href="/psalms/145-8.htm">Psalm 145:8-9</a> The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. / The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made. <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a> Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6-7</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. <a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Isaiah 54:10</a> Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a> Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a> But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,shewest.<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5,6</a> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; … <a href="/exodus/34-7.htm">Exodus 34:7</a> Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.<a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a> The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.recompensest.<a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24-26</a> And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor… <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1-9</a> Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites… <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9,10</a> But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: … the great.<a href="/genesis/49-24.htm">Genesis 49:24</a> But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)<a href="/deuteronomy/7-21.htm">Deuteronomy 7:21</a> Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.<a href="/deuteronomy/10-17.htm">Deuteronomy 10:17</a> For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:the Lord.<a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Jeremiah 10:16</a> The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.<a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Jeremiah 31:35</a> Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-15.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-15.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-11.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-15.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Love</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-20.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-11.htm">Recompensing</a> <a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Repays</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-6.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/job/10-16.htm">Shewest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Show</a> <a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">Showest</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Thousands</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-12.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-22.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Love</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-21.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-31.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/romans/12-17.htm">Recompensing</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">Repays</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/john/2-18.htm">Shewest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-3.htm">Show</a> <a href="/john/2-18.htm">Showest</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Thousands</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 32</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">buys Hanameel's field.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.</a> 16. <a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.</a> 26. <a href="/jeremiah/32-26.htm">God confirms the captivity for their sins;</a> 36. <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">and promises a gracious return.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "loving devotion" is often translated as "steadfast love" or "chesed" in Hebrew, indicating a loyal, covenantal love. This reflects God's promise to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>) and is echoed in the blessings and promises throughout the Old Testament. The "thousands" can be seen as a reference to the multitudes of Israel and those who follow God, emphasizing the vastness of His mercy (<a href="/exodus/20-6.htm">Exodus 20:6</a>).but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them This phrase addresses the concept of generational consequences of sin. It reflects the principle found in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Deuteronomy 5:9</a>, where the sins of one generation can affect subsequent ones. This is not about unjust punishment but rather the natural consequences of sin that can impact families and communities. It underscores the importance of repentance and turning back to God to break cycles of sin.O great and mighty God This acknowledges God's supreme power and authority. The terms "great" and "mighty" are often used in the Old Testament to describe God's ability to perform mighty acts and deliver His people (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-17.htm">Deuteronomy 10:17</a>). It emphasizes His sovereignty over all creation and His ability to fulfill His promises.whose name is the LORD of Hosts The title "LORD of Hosts" (Yahweh Sabaoth) signifies God's command over the heavenly armies and His role as a divine warrior. This title is used frequently in the prophetic books to convey God's power and authority in executing judgment and delivering His people (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a>). It reassures believers of God's ultimate control over all spiritual and earthly realms.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah, often warning them of impending judgment due to their disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent conquest by Babylon due to its persistent idolatry and rebellion against God. 3. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_siege.htm">Babylonian Siege</a> The historical context of this chapter, where Jerusalem is under siege by the Babylonians as a consequence of the nation's sins. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lord_of_hosts.htm">LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His supreme authority and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> The underlying theme of God's relationship with Israel, highlighting both His steadfast love and the consequences of breaking the covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_loving_devotion.htm">God's Loving Devotion</a> God's steadfast love extends to thousands, showing His desire for a relationship with His people. Reflect on how God's loving devotion is evident in your life and how you can respond to it. <a href="/topical/g/generational_consequences.htm">Generational Consequences</a> The iniquity of the fathers affecting future generations serves as a warning about the long-term impact of sin. Consider how your actions today might affect future generations and strive to leave a legacy of faithfulness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> God is both just and merciful, holding individuals accountable while offering grace to those who turn to Him. Embrace God's mercy in your life and seek to live justly in response to His character. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_name.htm">The Power of God's Name</a> The title "LORD of Hosts" reminds us of God's ultimate power and authority. Trust in God's sovereignty in the midst of life's challenges, knowing He is in control.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 32</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god_'great'_amid_injustice.htm">Jeremiah 32:18–19: How can God be described as both “great in counsel” and “mighty in deed” when injustice and tragedy are still prevalent in the world? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_1_john_4_8_say_'god_is_love'.htm">How can 1 John 4:8 say 'God is love' when the Old Testament shows actions that don't seem loving?</a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_of_god's_unchanging_love.htm">Where is the evidence of God's unchanging love, as questioned in Psalm 89:49, considering the apparent abandonment of David's dynasty and Israel's subsequent struggles?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8-10: How can the depiction of God's fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands . . .--The words are, in part, an echo from <a href="/exodus/20-6.htm" title="And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.">Exodus 20:6</a>, yet more from the revelation of the Divine glory in <a href="/exodus/34-7.htm" title="Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, to the third and to the fourth generation.">Exodus 34:7</a>. They recognise the laws of a righteous retribution, working even through the seeming injustice of that visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children which is inseparable from the continuity of family or national life, and which had been caricatured in the "sour grapes" proverb of <a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm" title="In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.">Jeremiah 31:29</a>. They recognise also a mercy which is wider than that retribution, and at last triumphant. In the "Mighty God" we have the reproduction of the name used by Isaiah in his great Messianic prediction (<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm" title="For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.">Isaiah 9:6</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Into the bosom, etc. The ample dress of an Eastern rendering a bag or basket unnecessary (comp. <a href="/ruth/3-15.htm">Ruth 3:15</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You show עֹ֤שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make loving devotion חֶ֙סֶד֙ (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty to thousands, לַֽאֲלָפִ֔ים (la·’ă·lā·p̄îm) Preposition-l | Number - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand but lay וּמְשַׁלֵּם֙ (ū·mə·šal·lêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate the sins עֲוֺ֣ן (‘ă·wōn) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity of the fathers אָב֔וֹת (’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the laps חֵ֥יק (ḥêq) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2436.htm">Strong's 2436: </a> The bosom of their children בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son after them, אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם (’a·ḥă·rê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part O great הַגָּדוֹל֙ (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent and mighty הַגִּבּ֔וֹר (hag·gib·bō·wr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1368.htm">Strong's 1368: </a> Powerful, warrior, tyrant God הָאֵ֤ל (hā·’êl) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty whose name שְׁמֽוֹ׃ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name is the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts, צְבָא֖וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 32:18 Who show loving kindness to thousands (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>